mortar

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"Not only were oysters harvested for food from the earliest days of colonization, but the reefs themselves were dredged and the shells crushed and burned to make lime for cement and mortar," she says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the hubs were "about more than bricks and mortar" and showed the government "believes in young people and is investing in their futures".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Accordingly, in the White House video, a +100 integer flashes on-screen when a mortar shell connects with its target, as if the president himself were landing trick shots on his Twitch stream.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Afterward, Mexican forces seized heavy weapons, including a high-caliber Barrett rifle, munitions, mortar grenades, two rocket launchers and eight vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

The doctor prescribed a glucose formula, crushed aspirins in a mortar, and told them to wrap the child with quilts and covers.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri